Diagnosis & Disease Information

I perform an autopsy on the psyche of the modern-day physician.

I reflect on what I have learned from my transition from traditional practice to concierge medicine at the 1-year mark.

Rules and regulations in health care seem to come randomly out of nowhere, and we clinicians think we have no input. We do. Tenets of federal and state administrative law provide for comments and feedback prior to the imposition of new rules. We just have to speak up.

Recently, during a routine visit, a patient asked if I was worried about the Ebola virus. The question made me think.

The idea is that a person’s ability to understand and control their medical records, previous lab results, and even biometric data will lead to more engaged patients and better outcomes. While enticing to blindly follow this logic, there remains a fallacy to such arguments.

I woke up at 6 am and checked my phone. I get most of my news from Twitter.

As a family physician, I have come to find that helping people with anxiety and depression is as important as anything else we do.